How Bill Lee's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Bill Lee totaled 12,187 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 1939, posting 1,202, well above the starting pitcher average of 406.0 that year. The lowest point came in 1947 at 116, well below the starting pitcher average of 390.2 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 820 in 1945 to 602 in 1946 and 116 in 1947, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 116 to 1,202 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Bill Lee Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Bill Lee
| Bill Lee
Batters Faced | Bill Lee
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 12187 | 38.3 |
| Season Avg. | 870.5 | 38.3 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4273.36 | 38.3 |
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Bill Lee Batters Faced Per Season
Bill Lee's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Lee Batters Faced by Team
Bill Lee's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Lee Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Bill Lee's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Bill Lee Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Lee's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bill Lee Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Lee's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
